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White Gold

Paperback • 2004 • English

White Gold: The Extraordinary Story og Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves

By Giles Milton

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This is the forgotten story of the million white Europeans, snatched from their homes and taken in chains to the great slave markets of North Africa to be sold to the highest bidder. Ignored by their own governments, and forced to endure the harshest of conditions, very few lived to tell the tale. Using the firsthand testimony of a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow, Giles Milton vividly reconstructs a disturbing, little known chapter of history. Pellow was bought by the tyrannical sultan of...Show more

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9780340794708

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

White Gold

Format

Paperback

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